Golden Text
Psalms 107:1 (to :), 29
1O give thanks unto the Lord, for he is good:
29. . . He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still.
Responsive Reading
Isaiah 54:11, 13; 42:5 (to 1st ;), 6; Matthew 14:14; 8:23–27
Isa. 54:11O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires.
13And all thy children shall be taught of the Lord; and great shall be the peace of thy children.
42:5Thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out;
6I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee, and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles;
Matt. 14:14And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick.
8:23And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.
24And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep.
25And his disciples came to him, and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we perish.
26And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.
27But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!